List of Georgian regions by Human Development Index

This article is about the country. For the U.S. state, see List of U.S. states and territories by Human Development Index.

This is a list of Georgian administrative divisions (mkhare) by Human Development Index as of 2023. This also includes Adjara, a historical, geographic and political-administrative region of Georgia, and Tbilisi, the capital and largest city. There is no data for the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia available.

Map of the Georgian regions by Human Development Index in 2021.
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Rank	Region	HDI (2021)
Very high human development
1	Tbilisi	0.824
2	Adjara	0.806
–	Georgia	0.802
3	Imereti, Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti	0.800
High human development
4	Kvemo Kartli	0.783
5	Shida Kartli	0.779
6	Samtskhe-Javakheti	0.775
7	Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti	0.765
8	Guria	0.759
9	Kakheti	0.757
10	Mtskheta-Mtianeti	0.745

Development 2000-2019

Human Development Index of Georgain regions since 2000.

Region	HDI 2000	HDI 2005	HDI 2010	HDI 2015	HDI 2019	Increase 2000-2019
Tbilisi	0.779	0.817	0.815	0.825	0.832	6.3%
Adjara	0.701	0.737	0.760	0.793	0.814	13.8%
Georgia	0.702	0.738	0.759	0.790	0.810	13.3%
Imereti, Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti	0.686	0.722	0.749	0.785	0.808	15.4%
Kvemo Kartli	0.656	0.691	0.723	0.764	0.791	17.0%
Shida Kartli	0.667	0.702	0.729	0.764	0.787	15.2%
Samtskhe-Javakheti	0.663	0.698	0.725	0.760	0.783	15.3%
Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti	0.679	0.716	0.732	0.757	0.773	12.1%
Guria	0.697	0.734	0.741	0.757	0.767	9.1%
Kakheti	0.679	0.714	0.728	0.750	0.765	11.2%
Mtskheta-Mtianeti	0.669	0.704	0.717	0.739	0.757	11.6%